Computational analysis of an instantaneous chemical reaction in a T-microreactor

AIChE Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1406-1415

  Bothe, Dieter ^a   Lojewski, Alexander ^b   Warnecke, Hans Joachim ^c  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADERBORN   (Germany)

Author keywords

3D fully resolved numerical simulations; Neutralization; Quasi instantaneous chemical reaction; Reaction convection diffusion equation; T shaped microreactor

Indexed keywords

MICRO-REACTOR; NEUTRALIZATION; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; QUASI-INSTANTANEOUS CHEMICAL REACTION; REACTION-CONVECTION-DIFFUSION EQUATION;

CHEMICAL REACTIONS; CHEMICAL REACTORS; DIFFERENTIATION (CALCULUS); DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; HEAT CONVECTION; NEWTONIAN FLOW; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 77955837632     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.12067     Document Type: Article

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